Edward elliott



(No Model.) E LLIOTT,

HARNESS HOOK. No. 399,392". Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

N. PETERS Plwko-mhn n mer, Washmgwlh 0.6.

Unrrnn STATES PATENT Orricn.

EDIVARD ELLIOTT, F B'IILLIY A'IER, MINNESOTA, ASSlGXOR (H? ONE-HALF TOJAMES P. FITZGERALD, ()Ii SAME PLACE. 4

HARNESS-HOOK.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,392, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed August 7, 1888. Serial No. 282,160. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern: i horn 11. not only protects the hook fromre- Be it known that I, EDWARD ELLIOTT, of leasing the chain, butprevents it from catch- 50 Stillwat-er, county of \Vashing'ton, andState ing orengagingany article or material through of Minnesota, haveinvented certain Improve which it may be drawn, and also prevents it 5ments in l'iogging-I'Iarness Hooks, of which i from becoming entangledwith theother parts the following is a specification. of the harness.

My invention relates to improvements in A projection, 13. may be securedto the 5 tug-strap hooks, which are ordinarily used j frame and projectoutward undcrthehook, if for logging purposes; and the object I have idesired. The hook 8 is free to swing sidewise 10 in view is to provide ahook which will be 1 upon its pivot, and by this operation theopenprotected and will avoid entanglement with ing in the hook may becarried outward and the reins or other parts of the harness, and awayfrom the horn, as shown in dotted lines will also prevent the accidentaldctaclnnent in Fig. 2, in order that the draft-chain may be of thechain, but which may be readily and attached or released from the hook.The hook 15 easily operated to detach or unhook the chain can be readilyand easily detached, as the when so desired. draft-chain when slack. canbe thrown or Myinvention consists,generallyfln the con- I forcedoutward, carrying the hook with it, struction and arrangementhereinafter dewhen it can be unhooked as easily as from scribed, andparticularly pointed out in the the ordinary style of hook; and forreplacing,

20 claims. the hook. can be thrown outward and the ring In the drawingswhich form a part of this or link of the chain inserted over it, whenthe specification, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a weight of the chainand the direction of the hook embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is draftwill cause the hook to be drawn back a top view of the same. Fig. 3represents a under the horn.

25 modification. In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification by In thedrawings, 2 represents a ring or E which myimproved hook maybe adaptedfor frame which supports the hook and by which use in place of theordinary hook without it is attached to the harness. This frame ismaterially changing or altering the harness. preferably made with aloop, 3, at the top, The forward upright member of the frame 2 gothrough which a supporting-strap, 4-, may be in this case is omitted anda bolt or rivet, 15, passed. The tug-strap or trace 5 is preferinsertedthrough suitable openings in the top ably attached to the frame 2 at thefront, and and bottom portions of the frame. This bolt suitable sleevesor ferrules, 9, may be inf passes through the sleeve or ferrule 9 andsorted between the straps and the frame at Z supports the tug-strap ortrace 5. here an 3 5 the point where the two join, in order toreordinary hook attached to the harness and lieve the straps from wear.A hook, 8, is pivit is desired to replace it by my improvements, oted tothe back vertical member of the frame I the hook is cut and removed andmy hook is 8 5 2 and is free to swing horizontally about its I insertedby removing the bolt 15 and insertpivot. ing it through the trace ortug-strap in the 40 A horn or projection, 11, is provided upon placefrom which the ordinary hook was the frame 2 and extends backward andover taken. The belt can be screwed or riveted to the book 8, so thatwhen the hook drawn the other portion of the frame and the hook back bythe weight or the draft of the load will be ready for use. it will bedirectly under the said horn, and I claim as my invention- 5 the openingin the hook will be closed there- 1. As an article of manufacture, thetug by. The upper surface of the horn is curved strap hook, asdescribed, consisting of the downward, so that an y article falling uponframe, the hook 8, swiveling on said frame, 9 the said horn. will not beretained by it. The and the horn 11 upon said frame projecting Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d (lay of August,1888.

EDIVARD ELLIOTT.

In presence of A. (1. PAUL, C. L. NACHTRIEB.

